The 1490 NewsBlog

Monday, August 25, 2014

Corrections Officers Stabbed at SCI-Forest

An inmate stabbed two corrections officers at the state correctional institution in Forest County Saturday morning.

State police in Marienville say the 22-year-old man used a sharpened piece of hard plastic to stab a 28-year-old and a 48-year-old officer at about 8:15 a.m. Both men were treated at Clarion Hospital, and then released.

Police have not released the inmate’s named, but say aggravated assault charges are pending.